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Patrick Quinn (athlete)
Patrick "Paddy"
Quinn
was an
Irish
track and field athlete
who
competed
for
Great Britain and Ireland
in the
1912 Summer Olympics
,
coming
eighth
in the
shot put competition
.
He was born in
Nenagh
,
County Tipperary, Ireland
. Quinn joined the
Dublin Metropolitan Police
in 1905, serving in
the Band
Division
, and won six Irish
discus
titles and four
shot put
titles. He won the
British
AAA
discus
title
in 1920.